{"id":"MET-ATL-037","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Cobb County, Georgia (State Court)","state":"GA","metro":"ATL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"State Court of Cobb County (Clerk Robin C. Bishop, filed)","authority":"Statewide Judicial Emergency Orders; order of the Chief Judge of the Cobb Judicial Circuit entered Dec. 22, 2020","instrument":"Order Regarding Restriction of In Person Proceedings (State Court of Cobb County)","title":"Order Regarding Restriction of In Person Proceedings","dateIssued":"2020-12-23","effective":"2020-12-23 (Wednesday)","end":"Matters between Dec. 23, 2020 and Jan. 15, 2021 specially treated; restriction continued under the modified Ninth Statewide Order (jury trials suspended to at least February 2021)","startDate":"2020-12-23","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["parties, witnesses and counsel in the State Court of Cobb County"],"clause":"WHEREAS, according to the Cobb Douglas Public Health (CDPH) surge alert issued December 15, 2020, the rate of community transmission of COVID-19 in Cobb County is now 6-7 times the rate of what is considered high transmission;... WHEREAS,... the Chief Judge of the Cobb Judicial Circuit, by order entered December 22, 2020, has ordered a halt to non-essential, in-person proceedings. THEREFORE, the State Court of Cobb County... hereby suspends non-essential in-person hearings effective Wednesday, December 23, 2020 subject to the exceptions and guidelines contained in this order.","enforcement":"Court order","functions":["CT courts (winter 2020-21 re-tightening: civil and misdemeanor dockets suspended)"],"notes":"Winter 2020-21 re-tightening in the courts, contemporaneous with the Chief Justice\u0027s Dec. 22-23, 2020 re-suspension of jury trials.","sourceUrl":"https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cobbcounty.org.if-us-west-2/prod/2020-12/Order%20Regarding%20Restriction%20of%20in%20Person%20Proceedings%2012-23-20_0.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210122011705/https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cobbcounty.org.if-us-west-2/prod/2020-12/Order%20Regarding%20Restriction%20of%20in%20Person%20Proceedings%2012-23-20_0.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":908356,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-ATL","url":"/library/MET-ATL-037","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-ATL-037","citation":"State Court of Cobb County (Clerk Robin C. Bishop, filed), Order Regarding Restriction of In Person Proceedings (State Court of Cobb County) (Dec. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-037)","stateName":"Georgia","related":[]}